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Mo Stuffs
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on the Caribbean Sea in the dead of night
What is setting?
100
the protagonist of the story
Who is Rainsford?
100
the night was like moist velvet
What is a simile?
100
the first place Rainsford hides from Zaroff
What is in a tree?
100
The title of the story ("The Most Dangerous Game") can be classified as...
What is a double entendre?
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Which of the following quotes could be found in the resolution of “Most Dangerous Game”? A) A cry was pinched off short as the blood warm waters closed over his head. B) Rainsford had fought his way through the brush for two hours. C) The baying of the hounds grew nearer still, then nearer, nearer. D) He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
What is D? He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
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The person who feels that perhaps jaguars feel...that "they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."
Who is Whitney?
200
"the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face..."
What is personification?
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why Rainsford falls off the yacht
What is he was trying to catch a pipe that was knocked from his mouth?
200
Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game?"
Who is Richard Connell?
300
What element of plot is represented? How do you know? Rainsford did not smile. "I am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "Get ready, General Zaroff." The general made one of his deepest bows. "I see," he said. "Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford." . . .
What is climax? Rainsford has decided to fight General Zaroff and is now letting his beast out.
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deaf and mute (dumb) Cossack
Who is Ivan?
300
the lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies
What is a metaphor?
300
how Rainsford ultimately eludes Zaroff
What is he jumps from a cliff into the sea?
300
Aside from the Ugandan knife trick, another trap set by Rainsford
What is the Burmese tiger pit or the Malay man catcher?
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What element of plot is represented? How do you know? "Off there to the right--somewhere--is a large island," said Whitney." It's rather a mystery--" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--"
What is exposition? The reader is provided with the location (setting) of the story, the main character. Also, foreshadowing is acceptable.
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Lazarus--killed in Death Swamp
What was Zaroff's finest hound?
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"giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws"
What is personification...and simile to a lesser extent?
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how Ivan dies
What is he is killed by Rainsford's Ugandan knife trick?
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where and why the yacht was headed in the beginning of the story
What is to Rio for jaguar hunting?
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Name the 5 parts of plot in order and tell what each part means.
What is: 1--Exposition: introduces the setting, main character and conflict 2--Rising Action: all the events that lead up to the climax 3--Climax: the highest point of interest in a story (turning point) 4--Falling Action: all the events leading to the conclusion (cooling down) 5--Resolution: how the story ends and how the conflict is solved
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the antagonist of the story
Who is Zaroff?
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"I have electricity. We try to be civilized here."
What is irony?
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how the story and conflict are resolved
What is Rainsford kills Zaroff?
500
the name of the island
What is Ship-Trap Island?